Yarraville is located 7 km west of the CBD. Yarraville is a mixed-use suburb with significant industries such as Mobil and Pivot Fertilisers straddling the Yarra River in the east and the Stony Creek in the south. The suburb also features the C.J Cruickshank Park the Yarraville Oval Beaton Reserve Yarraville Gardens and the Anderson Street shopping strip. Like a number of suburbs in this part of Melbourne the population has decreased and aged significantly over the 1981-1996 period.